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Category Archives: Environment
Circular economy chat with Craig Lawrence – my latest podcast episode
I recorded a great interview with my colleague Craig Lawrence of Lytton Advisory earlier this week on the concept of a Circular Economy, which is creeping into economic and environmental policy discussions and into government publications. For instance, the Circular … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged apple, circulareconomy, climatechange, consumers, consumption, economics, economy, environment, externalcosts, externalities, peakoil, pigouviantax, pollution, pricemechanism, products, productstewardship, resources, services, systems, tesla, waste
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EV taxes, property taxes, and the need to reset federal financial relations in Australia
It’s good news that, according to the Brisbane Times, Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey has ruled out a special Electric Vehicle tax (at least for now). You may recall I reported on the Australia Institute’s campaign to stop state-levied EV … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Environment, Tax
Tagged australia, electricvehicles, evtax, federalfinancialrelations, propertytax, qld, tax
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Qld single-use plastics ban plan revives memory of UQ Union’s real crockery & cutlery experiment in mid-nineties
Economists are always alert to the potential for adverse unintended consequences of well-meaning policies, so the Queensland Government grabbed my attention recently when it announced it is considering a single-use plastics ban. ABC News has reported: Single-use plastics could be … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged plastic, qld, queensland, singleuseplastic, uq, uqunion
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Frustrated Qld industry peak bodies (e.g. AgForce, QRC) want greater consultation post-election
Last Sunday, five prominent Queensland industry peak bodies—AgForce, the Property Council, QRC, QTIC and Timber Queensland—issued a joint election platform Driving Queensland’s Economic Growth. It was extraordinary that such a diverse collection of peak bodies were motivated enough and could … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Mining, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged agforce, cba, pca, qld, qldpol, qrc, qtic, queensland, ris, timberqld
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Should Queensland ban plastic shopping bags?
Last week, the Queensland Government Environment Department issued a discussion paper to consult with the community on its proposed ban of lightweight plastic bags (i.e. the type you get at Coles and Woolworths). However, the scope for public consultation is … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged environment, litter, plastic, plasticbags, qld, queensland, waste
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Container deposit scheme very likely a costly bad idea
Regrettably, there is now a bipartisan commitment in Queensland to what is very likely a costly bad policy, with the Opposition announcing its support for a container deposit scheme, otherwise known as a “cash for cans” scheme (see the Brisbane … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged cashforcans, containerdepositscheme, pc, productivitycommission, qld, qpc, queensland, recycling
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Is banning plastic bags the best option to tackle litter and reduce waste?
Guest post by Rod Bogaards It looks like a push is on to ban single-use plastic bags nationally according to the Courier-Mail. A ban has already been implemented in some of the smaller states and territories but not elsewhere. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cba, costbenefitanalysis, environment, ephc, pc, plasticbags, productivitycommission
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Economics and environmental law seminar timely given debate over CSG & Galilee
One of the new words we have heard in recent years is “lawfare”, the use of the law as a weapon of war. In Australia, it has been alleged that environmental groups such as the Australian Conservation Foundation and the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Mining
Tagged csg, economics, edo, environment, environmentallaw, galilee, lawfare, mining, qld, queensland, uqeconomics
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Unsurprising Townsville running out of water when Council is charging so little for it
Townsville City Council desperately needs some hard-headed economic advice, not just on the unwise Super Stadium project, but on water pricing, too. It is reported in today’s Townsville Bulletin that “TOWNSVILLE residents must dramatically reduce their water use if the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Townsville
Tagged brisbane, burdekindam, superstadium, townsville, water, waterpricing
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